Downtown Detroit has been waiting for over a decade and through multiple rounds of off-again, on-again rumors to get an Apple Store.

On Friday night, Sept. 19, the wait was going to finally be over.

The new store at 1430 Woodward Ave. — next to the Shinola Hotel — was set to have its grand opening at 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. A big crowd of people was expected, as Friday also was to be the in-store release date for the new iPhone 17.

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